Guest Column

Do you know that 55% of the global population currently lives in cities and towns and that the number is growing every day? This rapid and often unplanned urbanization increases...

As the evening descended and the call of the muezzin faintly floated in the air, I could sense a heaviness in my heart. This time of the day always does...

The year was 1992. I was sitting in the common room of International Students House (ISH), a Delhi University (DU) hostel, when I was told that a visitor was waiting....

The Maharashtra and Haryana elections might have given a boost to the Opposition, but they need to struggle a lot to defeat the RSS-BJP game plan.

With an honorary doctorate conferred on him this year by Ravenshaw University, his alma mater, he is now Dr Anant Mahapatra. In India, awards probably indicate a swansong but in...

I was not in favour of an enhanced salary and pension proposal for legislators and ministers at a time when the state's economy was passing through severe crisis. Out of...

The greeting of Odias should be Aum Jagannath in place of Jai Jagannath. Recently, I was giving a talk in Delhi where I mooted AUM and it was well taken....

Persons who attend the age of 60 years and above are called senior citizens. The number of senior citizens all over the world is increasing with increase in longevity.  The...

A dramatic story teller without frills, only Akshaya Mohanty, the maverick can open his story with these lines, “ଯିଏ ଭୁଲିଯାଏ ସେ ସେମିକା, ଯିଏ ଭୁସଲନା ସେ ସେମିକାର ୋନ ଭଉଣୀ”. His openness...

‘Integrity and working together as one united service’ has turned around Singapore to a dynamo, though pocket-sized. Rwanda is manifesting to be a global leader in change management. Rwanda Governance...